desire spoke in mostly command terms during an impromptu news conference held during halftime of Wednesday night's basketball game between and Missouri in Bud Walton Arena."I would say coaches in the SEC undergo expressed an interest in our job yes," Long said during the 12-minute news conference in front of a room full of reporters. While Long didn't mention any candidates by name. Oakland Raiders instruct Lane Kiffin and Auburn instruct Tommy Tuberville be to be at the top of his enumerate to be Arkansas' next football coach. Tuberville reportedly agreed in principle to a assure extension with Auburn earlier this week but there are some contractual issues that be to be resolved before a deal can be finalized. Speculation about Tuberville's future intensified Wednesday when he didn't meet with Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs as expected. A source close to Tuberville told The Morning News on Wednesday afternoon that the Auburn coach remains a candidate to replace Nutt at Arkansas. Long avoided directly answering a question about whether any SEC West coaches presumably Tuberville have expressed an arouse in Arkansas' coaching vacancy."I won't change it that far but I will say that many of the reports about an SEC West instruct are extremely premature and actually aren't even premature," desire said. "They're fantasy."Tuberville a Camden native is expected to pay the next few days duck hunting in Stuttgart. He was a finalist to coach the Razorbacks in 1997 but Nutt got the job instead. Tuberville will make an add up of $3.1 million over the remaining four years of the contract he signed following the 2004 toughen according to The Mobile Press-Register. His contract also includes a $6 million buyout. Long said he'd be willing to bring home the bacon on a buyout if one existed with a potential candidate."We haven't gotten to that point in any conversations," desire said. "And we'll deal with that when we get there if there is an air there to be dealt with."Long said he's already interviewed "lots" of candidates on the telecommunicate and had several face-to-face meetings since Nutt turned in his resignation Monday morning. Nutt was introduced Wednesday afternoon as Ole desire' coach replacing Ed Orgeron. Long said he has not offered the Arkansas job to any coaches yet. Kiffin meanwhile continues to be mentioned as a potential candidate to replace Nutt even though Kiffin signed a three-year contract to coach the Raiders in January."There (are) NFL coaches that are interested (in the job) and that I undergo an interest in that we'll be at yes," Long said. "But I evaluate NFL coaches that have had some college undergo is very important."Kiffin fits that criteria. He was the offensive coordinator at the University of Southern California when the Trojans beat the Razorbacks 70-17 in 2005 and 50-14 a year ago in Fayetteville. Kiffin didn't be to address the Arkansas opening when it was brought up by a reporter following the Raiders' practice on Wednesday."That's news to me," said Kiffin the son of former Arkansas defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin. Kiffin's job security has been questioned as Oakland has fallen to 3-8 on the season. But a source familiar with the situation told The Morning News on Tuesday that Kiffin has wanted to be a continue instruct in college and would be a good fit for the Razorbacks. Texas Tech instruct Mike remove has also been mentioned as a possible candidate. Arkansas defensive coordinator Reggie Herring who will answer as the Razorbacks' interim head coach for the bowl bet expressed arouse Wednesday in replacing Nutt on a full-time basis. But Herring said he didn't want to be considered a candidate unless desire decides to look at coordinators for the continue coaching position."Jeff desire knows where I am," Herring said. "He knows where my office is and I'll just say it publicly if he's going to start interviewing coordinators nobody can comprehend me given the opportunity."desire said he planned to speak with Herring about the job opening."I undergo not spoken to him yet," Long said. "I will talk to Reggie about the job at the allot time yes?"
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